Amanda is a textile artist specialising in Cyanotypes on fabric, which is the original form of photography, using sunlight and patience to capture an image. Inspired by nature and what she finds around her, Amanda describes herself as “a foliage junkie, searching out interesting forms found in nature, adding a dash of sparkle with foiling to create lampshades and prints that are all unique”.

From Gastard, the Trail starts to move away from Corsham and onwards towards Whitley, Melksham and further afield. It’s not far from Gastard to Whitley where Marianne Donohoe aka Grey Clouds and Silver Linings, will be exhibiting her beautiful silver jewellery.

Marianne started using silver clay about six years ago as she wanted to make charms after her dog passed away quite suddenly. Marianne fell in love with the medium so much she wanted to share it with everyone so then started teaching beginners workshops and have progressed from there.

From Sanders Painting & Sculpture, you can continue your stroll around Corsham with a short walk down Pickwick Road to the top of Pound Pill. On the corner at the top of hill, opposite the gates to Corsham Court, you will find the Corsham Almshouses and Schoolroom. We are delighted to be able to use this incredibly well preserved seventeenth century building again in 2019.

This year you will find 10 of our fabulous artists exhibiting at the Almshouses, including painters, ceramicists, jewellers, glass artists and stone sculptures. Get comfy, and read on…

After studying at Bath Academy of Art in Corsham, Kate worked for many years as an illustrator of children’s books with a brief spell working as an architectural illustrator. She now paints her own watercolours which strongly show the influence of those years, “populating well known, recognisable scenes, with little anthropomorphic characters”.

Thank you to everyone who entered our colouring in competition! We gave out lots of images of Picasso at the fantastic Corsham Food & Drink Festival a couple of weeks ago. We had some gorgeous entries handed into the Gold Fish Bowl Gallery, and here are our fabulous winners…looking forward to seeing some of these budding artists on the trail in a few years time!

Each of the winners will receive a papier mache animal kit, kindly donated by Emma Leith

Lots of artists are now signed up to the Trail and there’s lots of applications waiting in the wings almost ready to be uploaded to our directory of artists.

If you’re an artist thinking of exhibiting, don’t forget that you get a £10 discount off the registration fee if we receive your application before 1 July!

Check out of Artists Directory to discover more about the wonderful artists we have on the trail so far. Each listing includes a bit about the artist, links to their website, etc, and an image of their fabulous work.